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No. 108,948. Patented Nov. 1.1870.

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AJOSEPH H. WALKER, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 108,948,7dated November 1, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lN BOOTS.

The Schedule reened to in these Letters Patent and making part of the s ame.

To all whom it may concern Be it `known that I, Jos'nrn H. WALKER, ot the eity and county of \Vorcester and State ot' Massachusetts, have invented lcertain new and useful Inrprovements in Boots, and which improved boot I term the Saddle-Scmnl Boot;77 and I do hereby declare the followingr to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' tho saine, reference being; had to the accompanyin drawing which forms a part of this speciication, in which- Figure 1 represents a side. 'vicw ol my saddle-seam boot;

Figure 2 represents a central vertical section ofthe same; and

Figure 3 represents a transverse section of` the seam.

.lo enable those skilled in the ,art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists in an improved boot, as hereinafter explained.

In the drawing the parts marked A represent the front ot' the upper; B, the back; and C, the sole..

lhe front A and back B are joined at the sides by means ofa welt-seam, D, the straps Fibeing stitched in with the same seam, as indicated.

The seam l) is covered for nearly ono half of.it.s length, from its lower end, by means ot' a brace or saddle-strap, of leather, F, the edges ot which are se- `cured to the back Band front A, by rows of stitch# ing', a. b, as shown in the drawing.

By combining thc brace 01' saddle strip F with the seam D, above the top of the counter G, as above explained, the stitches of said seam are protected from injurious strain caused by the working,- ot the parts A and B, as thc ankle is bent in walki1ig,wl1crc by a more durable boot is produced than by the old mode of manufacture, which consisted in extending; the strip F only up to the topof the counter.

The saddle piece F, as applied previous -to my invention, was, in many respects, a disadvantage to the boot, since it held the front-part A belowthe upper line ofthe counter vfrom yielding'thns causing .the leather' to bend at the junction ofthe stitching ofthe top of the counter with the side seams of the leg, whereby the side seam stitching-thread soon gave way at that point, and the boot soon came to mend ing, owing` to the rapid ripping ot the seam in bot-h directions.

VBy my invention theffforegoing ojections mechviated, since the side scams are-braced and supported at such a distance above the top ot'- the counter and counter-stitching, that there is no liability of the ripping ot' the side seams, and the boot will wear at .those points until the lea-ther wears out upon the on said seams, above the top line ot the counter, as

and for thc purposes set torth.

i J. H. WALKER.

Witnesses: THos. H. DODGE, CHAs. H. BURLEIGH. 

